Safety drip pan for printing presses



April 26, 1960 F. L. LADYMON SAFETY DRIP PAN FOR PRINTING PRESSES FiledNov. 10, 1958 11 v .1/ 30 g%% I;

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Application November 10, 1958, Serial No. 773,053

1 Claim. (Cl. 101-1) The present invention relates to a safety drip panfor printing presses of the type supported on legs.

It has long been the practice in printing plants to use square orrectangular pans under the smaller printing presses to collect drippingoil and other objectionable materials dropping from the presses. Suchpans have been found to be quite undesirable since the pressman waseither required to stand in the pan, if working normally close to thepress, or to work with outstretched arms if he desired to stand outsideof the pan. These pans were also further objectionable in that theirshape required entirely too much floor space and created a wasted spaceproblem.

A still further objection to the pans generally in use was that theycould only be removed and installed by lifting the entire presssufliciently high to clear the side edges of the pan during theinstalling or removing operation.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a drip pan forprinting presses which can be installed sectionally by tilting the pressto raise a portion of its supporting legs from the supporting surfaceand which will permit the pressman to be positioned in his normal placewithout standing in the drip pan.

Another object of the invention is to provide a drip pan of the classdescribed above which will decrease the required floor space, materiallyreducing the accident factor.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent in the followingspecification when considered in light of the attached drawings, inwhich:

Figure l is a top plan view of the invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the invention with the press showninstalled therein and partially broken away for convenience ofillustration;

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical section taken along theline 3-3 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows with thepress installed in the pan; and

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary transverse section taken along theline 4-4 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring now to the drawings in detail wherein like referencecharacters indicate like parts throughout the several figures, thereference numeral 10 indicates generally a grease drip pan for printingpresses comprising a generally rectangular rear panel 11 having anupstanding rear wall 12 and a pair of upstanding opposite end walls 13.The rem panel 11 has an upstanding front wall 14 extending between theend walls 13. The rear wall 12 and end walls 13 are provided with aninwardly reverted flange 15 at their upper edges to strengthen the sidewalls 12, 13 and assist in providing the rear panel 11 with a stiffeningreinforcement.

A front panel 16 is provided with a relatively long end wall 17 arrangedin alignment with the end wall 13 and an oppositely disposed relativelyshort end wall 18 hired States Patent the opposite end thereof withrespect to the end wall 17.

A longitudinal wall 21 extends parallel to the wall 12 from theend ofthe wall 20 opposite the wall 19. The end wall 18 is provided with aninwardly and forwardly tapering extension 22 terminating in an inwardlyoffset end wall 23, extending parallel to the opposite end wall 17. Anoutwardly sloping longitudinal wall 24 extends at an angle to theopposite end of the wall 21 from the wall 20. The outer end of thesloping wall 24 and the forward end of the ofiset end wall 23 areconnected by an arcuate wall 25, as best shown in Figure 1. The walls17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 are each provided with an inwardlyreverted flange 15 of the same structure and purpose as the flanges 15on the walls 12 and 13.

The panel 16 is provided with a rear wall 26 parallel to the rear wall12 of the panel 11 and an outwardly reverted spaced depending flange 27is integrally secured to the rear wall 26 to telescopically engage overthe forward wall 14 of the panel 11, as best shown in Figure 4.

The press, indicated at 28, has forward legs 29 and a rear leg 30 whichare supported on feet 31 secured by adhesive 32 to the panels 11, 16.The adhesive 32 is illustrated in Figure 1 on the panels 11, 16 toillustrate the relative position of the feet 31 with respect to thepanels 11 and 16.

In order to install the drip pan 10 the press 28 is tipped forward ontothe forward legs 29 thereof and the panel 11 is slipped beneath the rearleg 30. The press 28 is then tipped on to the rear leg 36 and theforward panel 16 is engaged beneath the legs 29 with the reverted flange27 of the rear wall 26 engaging over the forward wall 14 of the panel 11so as to releasably secure the panels 11, 16 together in underlyingrelation with respect to the press.

Having thus described the preferred embodiment of the invention, itshould be understood that numerous structural modifications andadaptations may be resorted to without departing from the scope of theappended claim.

What is claimed is:

A drip pan for printing presses comprising a generally rectangular flathorizontal rear panel, an upstanding wall integrally formed on oppositesides and opposite ends of said rear panel, a fiat horizontal frontpanel, an upstanding wall integrally formed on the peripheral edge ofsaid front panel, an outwardly and downwardly reverted spaced flangeintegrally formed on the upper edge of the upstanding Wall on one edgeof said rear panel and engaging over the upstanding wall on one edge ofsaid front panel releasably securing said rear panel and said frontpanel together, said front panel having the edge thereof opposite saidrear panel formed to include a first portion parallel to the upstandingWall on said one edge of said front panel, a second inwardly extendingportion integral at one end with the inner end of said first portion andparallel to one of the end walls of said front panel, a third portionextending at right angles to and integral with the inner end of saidsecond portion in parallel relation to the upstanding wall on said oneedge of said front panel, an outwardly sloping fourth portion extendingfrom and integral with the end of said third portion, an arcuate fifthportion extending from and integral with the end of said fourth portion,an inwardly extending sixth portion extending from and integral with theend of said fixed fifth portion in parallel relation to said secondportion and a forwardly tapering seventh being integral with the end ofthe other of said end walls of said front panel thus providing aninwardly directed recessto provide standing space for a Pressman,

said upstanding walls on the peripheral edges of-said front and rearpanels other than the adjacent walls thereof being provided withinwardly reverted stiffening flanges arranged in depending relation fromthe upper edges of said walls.

References Cited the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 4,385Palmer 66- 1. 891' portion extending frorn and integral with the end ofi said sixth portion and the end of said seventh-portion Lundelius' May6, 1958

